Censored Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 Frequent Royal cruisers are obviously a member of this blog. Just curious if anybody refers to Cruise Critic for up to date data? I believe it is the same company as TripAdvisor which I participate frequently on my land resort vacations. , and find that very helpful as I can contact the poster directly to find out more detail on the property they just reviewed. RoyalCaribbeanblog has been helpful getting answers in detail much better than the monday night Q&A which is the same old ...over and over again.... and obviously great for newbies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I think you will find there allot of good information , the problem, like in trip advisor people tend to add revue when they want to complain about something so as any site like that you need to read it with a grain of salt. I myself, go to read the CC royal Caribbean boards whenever I want to humor myself , when I want real good direct easy to find info about RCL cruises I always come to this site. Censored, wordell1 and BrianB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordell1 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 35 minutes ago, Traveler said: I think you will find there allot of good information , the problem, like in trip advisor people tend to add revue when they want to complain about something so as any site like that you need to read it with a grain of salt. I myself, go to read the CC royal Caribbean boards whenever I want to humor myself , when I want real good direct easy to find info about RCL cruises I always come to this site. I agree with this. I switched a few years ago and much prefer it here. Censored and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Censored Posted January 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Traveler said: I think you will find there allot of good information , the problem, like in trip advisor people tend to add revue when they want to complain about something so as any site like that you need to read it with a grain of salt. I myself, go to read the CC royal Caribbean boards whenever I want to humor myself , when I want real good direct easy to find info about RCL cruises I always come to this site. True enough. I know exactly how to extrapolate from Trip Advisor. I always look at how many contributions the reviewer has posted. In most cases the extreme negative ones are only a "one off" reviewer. ( revenge post) Then I look at the extreme 5 star positive reviews... again , one off" reviewers. and not seasoned experienced travellers. So I try to find middle ground if its there. Apples to apples comparisons. I think mainstream cruise ships are all basically very very similar. Royal seems to have an edge with more "bang for your buck" meaning best value equation. Is it 5 star luxury? No. Not even in a sky suite. You have to go to the ultra luxury premium lines for that... and usually very few complaints. You get what you pay for.... seems to be true enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I go back and forth. There are more people over there which means faster and more responses (not always helpful). I find the people and interactions better over here. Not as many belligerent responses just to stir up trouble. More helpful information over here. Lovetocruise2002, wordell1 and ellcee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessE4 Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I only go to other sites for non-Royal cruise information, such as reviews of other carriers. I look for trends, e.g., on one (other) line excursions get a lot of complaints about being overpriced. This site is best for actual information on Royal ships, cruises, policies, and practices. wordell1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I will say that I like being a part of both roll calls. Different people on each (at least to my knowledge!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted January 17, 2023 Report Share Posted January 17, 2023 I only go there for one single board since we have a future cruise in Europe booked on a different line. Some of the people there are hard to take, but I've been able to ignore them and find the info I want. I've seen some names I recognize, which is neat. I like coming here for the social aspect as well as the information provided. The atmosphere here is really nice and there are people I'd like to meet in person. MaryS, wordell1, Carlos A. and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne Elise Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 Unbelievably I was able to find a review of my exact cabin on there! They seemed to have good info on each deck too. So I have always found trip advisor great for hotels. I feel like TA people are not real foodies so I take that with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 6:09 PM, jbrinkm said: I go back and forth. There are more people over there which means faster and more responses (not always helpful). I find the people and interactions better over here. Not as many belligerent responses just to stir up trouble. More helpful information over here. This, exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted January 20, 2023 Report Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 7:56 PM, teddy said: I like coming here for the social aspect as well as the information provided. The atmosphere here is really nice and there are people I'd like to meet in person. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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